A new restaurant from a pair of familiar faces is taking shape in Medford.
Brothers Alvaro and Andrés Sandoval, the restaurateurs behind Tenoch Mexican, El Tacuba Cocina & Tequila Bar, and Localito Café, are preparing to open a new concept called Ultramarinos Tardeo in the former Zam Zam Restaurant space at 42 Riverside Avenue in Medford Square. The project was first reported in a post shared to the Friends of Boston’s Hidden Restaurants Facebook group.
According to the restaurant’s website, Ultramarinos Tardeo will specialize in Spanish-Mediterranean shared plates with global influences. And while few details about the concept have been released, tardeo itself refers to a Spanish social tradition of gathering with friends for food and drinks in the late afternoon and early evening…